Farooq
Farooq ( Arabic فاروق, DMG Fārūq ) is a variant of Faruq, an Arabic male given name and family name . It means “someone who can distinguish right from wrong” or “someone who knows the truth” and goes back to the nickname of the second caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab . The Turkish form of the name is Faruk .
First name
Farooq
- Farooq Aziz (* 1978), Pakistani soccer player
Faarooq
- Faarooq , ring name of Ron Simmons (* 1958), American wrestler
Faruq
- Faruq Z. Bey (1942–2012), American jazz musician, composer and poet
- Faruq al-Qadumi (* 1931), Palestinian politician
- Faruq Saleem (* 1973), American boxer
Faruk
- Faruk Atalay (* 1981), Turkish football player
- Faruk Bayar (* 1981), Turkish soccer player
- Faruk Čaklovica (* 1953), Bosnian university professor
- Faruk Nafız Çamlıbel (1898–1973), Turkish playwright and poet
- Faruk Çelik (* 1956), Turkish politician
- Faruk Gül (* 1988), German football player of Turkish origin
- Faruk Gürler (1913–1975), Turkish general
- Faruk Hadžibegić (* 1957), Bosnian football player and coach
- Faruk Hujdurović (* 1970), Bosnian football player
- Faruk İremet (* 1965), Turkish-Swedish writer
- Faruk Karadoğan (* 1947), Turkish football player and coach
- Faruk Ahmad Khan Leghari (1940–2010), Pakistani politician and President
- Faruk Namdar (* 1974), Turkish football player
- Faruk Nafız Özak (* 1946), Turkish civil engineer and politician
- Faruk al-Scharaa (* 1938), Syrian politician and diplomat
- Faruk Šehić (* 1970), Bosnian writer and journalist
- Faruk Şen (* 1948), Turkish-German economist and migration scientist
- Faruk Sükan (1920–2005), Turkish doctor and politician
- Faruk Sümer (1924–1995), Turkish historian
- Faruk Tajfur , Syrian politician
- Ömer Faruk Tekbilek (* 1951), Turkish musician
- Faruk Vražalić (* 1990), Bosnian-Herzegovinian handball player
- Faruk Yiğit (* 1966), Turkish football player and coach
Farrokh
- Farrokh Bulsara , maiden name of the singer Freddie Mercury (1946–1991)
family name
- Imran Farooq (1960–2010), Pakistani politician
- Nilam Farooq (* 1989), German actress and blogger
- Tariq Farooq (* 1954), Austrian badminton player
- Yasmin Farooq (* 1965), American rower
- Mehdi Farrokh (1886–1973), Iranian diplomat and politician
Ruler
- Faruq (1920–1965), King of Egypt (1936–1952)